What's On Near You? April Happenings

We’re still a little early for cherry blossoms, keep an eye out for them later on in the month. Here’s some happenings to put some spring in your step until then. 

APRIL

Edinburgh!

Live music venues:
Sandy Bells
Captain’s Bar
Stramash
Jazz Bar
Sneaky Pete’s
Bannerman’s Bar
Usher Hall
O2 Academy (Formerly the Corn Exchange)

Queer Spaces:
Paradise Palms-queer cabaret and poetry nights.
Drag nights at Subway, CC Blooms, The Street, Planet Bar.
HOT MESS at Sneaky Pete’s.
Lighthouse Bookshop

Music

Terminal V Electronic Festival, Royal Highland Showground, 18-19 April. 

Echo and the Bunnyman, Usher Hall, 3 April. 

Various concerts Candlelight, St Giles Cathedral, various dates. 

Theatre and Comedy

Matthew’s Borne’s The Red Shoes, Festival Theatre, 14-18 April.

The High Life, King’s Theatre, 7-11 Mar.

Markets

Edinburgh Farmers Market, Castle Terrace every Sat.

Grassmarket Weekly Market, Grassmarket, every Sat.

Leith Market, Dock Place, every Sat.

Ocean Terminal Market, Ocean Terminal, every Sat and Sun.
Stockbridge Market, Saunders Street, every Sun.

Art and Culture

Past Shelves: Histories of Queer Reading, Museum of Edinburgh, 5 Mar-3 May.   

Giants, National Museum of Scotland, til 14 Sep. 

Edinburgh Science Festival, various venues, 4-9 April. 

The Biba Story, Dovecot Studios, 7 Mar-10 May.

Glasgow!

Queer Spaces:
Aye-Aye Books
Category Is Books
Speakeasy
The Waterloo Bar
Delmonica’s
The Gallery

Music Venues:
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
Ovo Hydro
Howlin’ Wolf
The Garage
O2 Academy Glasgow
SWG3

Music

Tori Amos, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 14 April.

Glasgow Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festival, Oran Mor, 26 April.

The Prodigy, OVO Hydro, 15 April.

Theatre

Across the Universe, The Beatles 66-70, Pavilion Theatre Glasgow, 3 April. 

Glasgow Kiss, Pavilion Theatre Glasgow, 13-18 April.

Legally Blond, King’s Theatre, 7-11 April.  

Markets 

The Barras Market- Gallowgate, Glasgow, every Saturday and Sunday.
The Forge Market, Duke Street, Thursday-Sunday 10-5.

Art

Alasdair Gray: Works from the Morag McAlpine Bequest, Kelvingrove, til 5 Jun. 

Rae-Yen Song Solo Exhibition, Tramway, til 24 Aug. 

Still Glasgow, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, till 13 Jun. 

St Andrews and Dundee

Queer Pub:
The Salty Dog

Music/Theatre

Yungblud, Livehouse, 2 April.
Dundee Metal Fest, Beat Generator Live, 18 April.

Seb Lowe, Music Hall Dundee, 14 April.

The Wizard of Oz, Whitehall Theatre, 3 April. 

Art

Border Crossings: Ten Scottish Masters of Modern Art, Dundee Contemporary Arts, til 26 April.

Border Crossings: Ten Scottish Masters of Modern Art, Mcmanus Gallery, til 20 Sep. 

Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine, Dundee V and A, til 26 April.

Aberdeen!

Queer and Queer Friendly Spaces:
Cheerz
The Market Arms

Art/Music/Theatre/Comedy

Eat the Rich, The Lemon Tree, 3 April.

Shane Todd, Hold me Back, The Lemon Tree, 5 April. 

Medea, The Lemon Tree, 8 April.

Seb Lowe, The Lemon Tree, 13 April. 

The High Life-The Musical, His Majesty’s Theatre, 13-14 April.